Sha’Mira Covington, Ph.D., is a scholar-artist and Assistant Professor in Fashion at the University of Georgia with interests in Africana studies and sustainability within the fashion-industrial complex. Her research explores the cultural, historical, social, and political significance of fashion, dress, and fashion media in the contexts of colonial dominance, anti-colonial resistance, and processes of decolonization. Her work has been published in international journals, including Clothing Cultures, Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, and Fashion, Style, and Popular Culture.